knekelhuis
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- krekelhuis (dialectal, Noord-Brabant)
Etymology edit
Compound of knekel (“bone”) + huis (“house”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
knekelhuis n (plural knekelhuizen, diminutive knekelhuisje n)
- building where disinterred (human) bones are stored, usually at a cemetery; bonehouse, charnel house
- Synonym: beenderhuis